Spring trail maintenance trip on my adopted trail, the western section of the UNH Trail up Hedgehog Mountain. Due to a morning appointment, it was a crack o' noon start.
Most of the afternoon was spent cleaning and digging out the 36 drainages, the most important task of the trail adopter.
Late in the day I encountered a couple of surprise blowdowns on the upper section. It was a fairly windy day, and this one looked pretty fresh; I had asked descending hikers about blowdowns and no one had mentioned this kind of obstruction on the west side.
Cleared.
One more, on a steep pitch.
Cleared.
On the approach to the summit, the view north to Mt. Washington beyond Mt. Tremont.
Looking west from the top: the Tripyramids in silhouette.
Hancock and Carrigain.
The mighty Mt. Passaconaway casting a shadow over its eastern slopes.
A look at Mt. Chocorua and the Three Sisters, then time to head down.
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